Meanwhile, Langdon had listened to Kohler's video tape, which was handed to him as Kohler died, on which Carlo confessed that he had killed the Pope and that he was responsible for the terrorist threat and the murder of the Cardinals. In front of the horrified College of Cardinals who had since learned about this, he tried to justify his actions, gathering only comprehension. Then, Saverio Mortati, the Cardinal Dean told him the truth about the Pope; that he had fallen in love with a nun called Maria, that their child had been fathered through artificial insemination and he therefore broke no vow. Mortati also told him the child's identity: Carlo Ventresca.
Horrified by the truth, he burnt himself alive on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. His ashes, recovered by Mortati, later the new Pope, were put next to his father's sarcophagus.
Shortly thereafter, it becomes clear that Ventresca was elected Pope by Acclamation by Adoration, which is when all the Cardinals freely chant one clergyman's name, which they did before Carlo lit himself on fire. He reigned for under 17 minutes. CONGRATULATIONS, DICKWAD.
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Horrified by the truth, he burnt himself alive on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. His ashes, recovered by Mortati, later the new Pope, were put next to his father's sarcophagus.
Shortly thereafter, it becomes clear that Ventresca was elected Pope by Acclamation by Adoration, which is when all the Cardinals freely chant one clergyman's name, which they did before Carlo lit himself on fire. He reigned for under 17 minutes. CONGRATULATIONS, DICKWAD.